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Re-energizing the moribund bond market

Hugh Carter Donahue
January 15, 2015
The entire fixed income complex, from corporates to mortgage backed to benchmark Treasuries, went through a shock in 2008 and has not recovered. What will it take to fix the broken bond market?

Ask the experts

Daniel P. Collins
January 15, 2015
Reading the bond market and the machinations of the Federal Reserve is difficult work. So much analysis comes from folks trying to affect policy. Here our experts give their take on where rates are likely to go in 2015.

Time for bonds to move

Andrew Wilkinson
January 15, 2015
After six years of a zero-interest-rate-policy (ZIRP), U.S. interest rates are set to go up. But that does not mean a straight shot up. The Fed has not been in a hurry and with inflation low, can manage the next stage of interest rate management.

Protectionism, Tariffs & Trading a Trade War

Walter Zimmermann
June 28, 2018
MODERN TRADER explores the effect of a potential trade war on U.S. equity markets. Will it end the bull run or will low interest rates allow U.S. equities to maintain its momentum? Read on. We also attempt to identify the key drivers of active equity hedge funds.

Protectionism, Tariffs & Trading a Trade War

Walter Zimmermann
June 28, 2018
MODERN TRADER explores the effect of a potential trade war on U.S. equity markets. Will it end the bull run or will low interest rates allow U.S. equities to maintain its momentum? Read on. We also attempt to identify the key drivers of active equity hedge funds.

Protectionism, Tariffs & Trading a Trade War

Walter Zimmermann
July 6, 2018
MODERN TRADER explores the effect of a potential trade war on U.S. equity markets. Will it end the bull run or will low interest rates allow U.S. equities to maintain its momentum? Read on. We also attempt to identify the key drivers of active equity hedge funds.

Mainstreaming Cryptocurrencies

Daniel P. Collins
June 29, 2018
As cryptocurrencies grow as an asset class, their constituents and potential investors need a benchmark to measure their performance, and also to invest with.

Target Volatility: Equity Hedge Funds’ Real Source of Alpha?

Michael S. Rulle Jr.
June 29, 2018
The argument over the value of active versus passive investing is never ending. Here, we make the case for active hedge funds and deliver a passive solution in Target Volatility.

Trade Wars, Stock Index Futures & Interest Rates

Alan Bush
June 28, 2018
MODERN TRADER explores the effect of a potential trade war on U.S. equity markets. Will it end the bull run or will low interest rates allow U.S. equities to maintain its momentum? Read on. We also attempt to identify the key drivers of active equity hedge funds.

EverMarkets: Promising Revolution

Daniel P. Collins
May 11, 2018
An exchange start-up threatens to revolutionize the way futures are traded, margined and cleared. Here is their story.